Timely donation of Yeovil-made clock to CHAC
A working clock which was made in Yeovil has recently been donated to South Somerset District Council’s Community Heritage Access Centre (CHAC) after spending more than 75 years at Preston Road Methodist Church in Yeovil. The clock was made by clockmaker and jeweller William James Sherriff of Market Street, Yeovil and was donated to the Methodist Church when it opened in 1938. Full story: Read more
Somerset Bin crew save life of injured grandmother
TWO Kier binmen working in Somerset came to the rescue of an elderly grandmother after she injured herself outside her home. Patricia Ravenhill from Bridgwater tripped and fell, hitting and severely cutting her head on the pavement in the early hours of the morning. Hours later, garden waste crew Richard Chamberlain, aged 65, from Williton, and Jimmy Elliott, 64, from Minehead, ran to her rescue after spotted the 90 year old lying on the ground. Full story: Read more